tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485266386769806559.post6606849326281147462..comments2023-06-03T03:51:36.883-07:00Comments on Canadian Election Watch: Not All Medals Are Created EqualElection Watcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276655533153494264noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485266386769806559.post-533303294300053882010-03-02T11:57:59.065-08:002010-03-02T11:57:59.065-08:00Well, Joannie Rochette's bronze will probably ...Well, Joannie Rochette's bronze will probably be remembered more than most golds. But of course, you're right, with the caveats that other medals are remembered:<br /><br />1. when there's a compelling story;<br />2. when they're won by an athlete that also won many other medals;<br />3. when they have historical significance (e.g. if we had won our first ever medal in men's cross-country skiing);<br />4. when they're in hockey (remembered as disappointment).<br /><br />I might add that 14 gold in the Winter Games is unmatched, period, home soil or not.<br /><br />Norway's performance is amazing Games after Games, but I'll point out that 8 of their 9 golds came in cross-country and biathlon. It also helps that they get so much oil money that the government has saved a year's worth of GDP...<br /><br />But isn't it oh so Canadian that our media rank us 3rd, while everyone outside of North America ranks us 1st? I'll point out that Radio-Canada used to rank by gold, but switched to total medals this time because of the COC objective and because Canada has historically done better by the latter metric...Election Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10276655533153494264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485266386769806559.post-70616688732379499762010-03-02T06:37:31.392-08:002010-03-02T06:37:31.392-08:00Gold Medal winners are the only ones really rememb...Gold Medal winners are the only ones really remembered.<br /><br />Can we remember the silver medal winners behind Mark Spitz?<br /><br />From Zero to 14 on home soil is unmatched on homsoil by any winter olmpic super power.<br /><br />Norway, US, Germany have always done well. Only Norway has a smaller population but they have always done better than us.<br /><br />We owned the podium in 2010.CanadianSensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01010880162544507668noreply@blogger.com